New Euro Notes Are Stolen in Germany,
First Such Incident in Huge Money Swap

By

G. Thomas Sims Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Sept. 7, 2001 11:59 p.m. ET

FRANKFURT -- Just days after crisp euro notes began making their way into bank and store vaults across Europe, police said a German armored truck was robbed of an undisclosed amount of the new cash on Thursday.

The alleged theft is the first reported disappearance of euro notes, which are supposed to remain under lock and key at banks and shops until ordinary citizens start using the euros on Jan. 1. The European Central Bank began...